News about Joseph Kabila
American detained in failed Congo coup is former DC drug dealer and married father-of-three who was running gold mining and e-cigarette business with slain mission's leader
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May 20, 2024
Benjamin Zalman-Polun, 36, was one of three American citizens seen in the west African nation on Sunday before the coup's apparent leader Christian Malanga was shot dead. Malanga's American son Marcel and another unidentified American man were captured and paraded around after the failed coup. Zalman-Polun's passport was gleefully displayed by the victorious troops. Zalman-Polun and Malanga were involved in gold mining in Mozambique together, according to several African news outlets. The business partners also reportedly worked together in the e-cigarettes industry in Mozambique.
American-Congolese man is killed and his influencer son left begging for life alongside Maryland cannabis entrepreneur friend after leading bungled coup in the DRC - as new footage shows the moment they were captured
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May 20, 2024
Chilling footage caught the moment two of the plotters were seized trying to flee the country across the Congo River before groveling for mercy to Congolese soldiers as they lay bleeding in the street. Marcel Malanga, 21, accompanied his former refugee father Christian to the central African country from their home in Utah to lead the coup against the autocratic government of President Felix Tshisekedi. But the father was shot dead and the son was arrested alongside two American co-conspirators during the bungled putsch as the US government scrambled to distance itself from involvement. 'I am shocked by the events this morning and very worried by the reports of American citizens allegedly being involved,' Lucy Tamlyn, the US ambassador to the DRC, posted on X, formerly Twitter.
At least three U.S. citizens - accused of being CIA agents - are arrested in Congo after failed coup: Three people killed in shootout at presidential palace and home of close ally
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May 20, 2024
The Congolese government said three US citizens had been arrested after a shootout in the capital Kinshasa overnight on Sunday.
Reports in local media suggested the arrested men were CIA operatives although the US ambassador in Kinshasa was keen to distance the US from any involvement. 'I am shocked by the events this morning and very worried by the reports of American citizens allegedly being involved,' Lucy Tamlyn, the US ambassador to the DRC, posted on X, formerly Twitter. 'Rest assured that we are cooperating with authorities in DRC to the fullest extent possible, as they investigate these criminal acts and hold accountable any American citizen involved.'